The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-27

well on the road TO the Ioot-niiis.
Uncle Jim watched their progress.
"A precious pair O. toughs, an no
mistake, he said to himself They'd
argot away with us last night ef they'd
a-wanted to. An they let up because
the little girl was good to 'em. Waal.
said there want no man tibet would
harm her, an even them cusses-thet
when ye come TO size 'em up, want
men, but brutes-they couldn't do it..
Now allow they've been up to q
sight o'wickedness, but they done one
sonar thing, and no mistake"
An hour pass, a, and still Uncle Jim
sat in the bright sunlight, gazing to-
ward the foot hills. Then the sound
OF galopng hoois was heard it came
nearer and nearer, and six horsemen,
splendidy mounted, rode round the
corner OF the house and pulled up.
TO any one familiar with the west Il
glance would have told their charac-
ter and their purpose. On their
stern, bat not angry nor excited faces,
IN their curiously unmistakable air OF
grim, persistent determination was
written. asst in plain type, Vigilante!
"Hullo, JIM shakel" cried the lead
.er.
What's up?" asked Uncle Jim, re.
Cunning the sahtatiUn.
"Have you seen % pair OF cusses
we're after?" asked the leader zone
was tall, and the other short, with
red hair"
.Why." said Uncle Jim. "weput 'em
mp fur the night, an they amt been
gone more'n an hour
you put them up2" cried the lead.
er, with an air OF establishment ,Ome
sign OF which appeared even 90 the
stern and solid faces behinr him,
@'You put them up, and there any
one OF you alive to tell the tale this
morningP Well. | haven't time to
talk now, but when we come back ]
shall want to ask you what on earth
you did to keep them quiet. Now,
which way did they go? Straight up
chat road to the range? All right.
Goodbye. Come on, boys" and they
were off at gallop.
Uncle Jim sat as before, looking
straight before him. Close to the foot.
hills the mountain road forked, one
branch leading toward the south,
auot her to pass; and the frontiers
man had seen the two men take the
former.
~Ef John had asked, OF course I'd
a-told him which way they went"
said he to himself, "but they didn't
1Vait. allow them cusses is goin to
DE took, but swear I'd sooner hev
'em took some other tim) than jest
when they've done the one quar-
thing O. their lives" Then
ne lighted his pipe. All Fong had
come noselessly behind him. La
ter on he heard the latter cry, eli
YAH"
Uncle Jim looked up and saw the
Chinese boy gazing to the westward.
Following his glance, he caught the
last glimpse OF the vlgilantes squirting
mp the road to the pass-the wrong
road
Good morning, Mr.. Boyle" he
heard IN a soft voice behind him.
where are our guests?"
"Waal, We see, MISS" he replied,
they was in an awful hurry. an they've
been gone nigh on an hour"
Then he looked at the charming
girl, standing there with the sun shin
rng on her brown hair; and thought, al
snost with n shudder, of what might
nave been in the long night watches
gust passed. She had indeed been the
benehcent fairy who had exercised
the demons; the good angel who had
set at nought the powers OF darkness.
All this Uncle Jim thought from the
Depths of his honest heart, but, after
the manner OF his kind, he expressed
very laconically, just as the
.Sail came from breakfast.
The sun was shining more brightly
-iian ever. The plains at tbs east and
the mountains at the west, were bathed
N a food OF golden hight. The happy
party we're gathering around the we'll
spread table. Then Unl = jim drew a
.ong breath.
Blame me-" said he. al she amt a
1aisyl IA. A. Hayes in the Epoch.